The culture and politics of contemporary street gang memoirs [[electronic resource] /] / Josephine Metcalf
| The culture and politics of contemporary street gang memoirs [[electronic resource] /] / Josephine Metcalf |
| Autore | Metcalf Josephine <1975-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (263 p.) |
| Disciplina | 364.106/60973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Gangs - United States
Gangs in literature |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-78190-4
9786613692290 1-61703-282-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgments -- Books making a killing : an introduction -- From rage to rap and prison to print : social, cultural, and commercial contexts of emergence -- Homeboys between hard covers : scholarly approaches to the study of gang memoirs -- Killer books: the representations and politics of violence in gang memoirs -- Brothers who could kill with words : language, literacy, and the quest for education in gang memoirs -- Murderer, monster, novelist, or Nobel nominee? : press reception and media constructions -- Quick reads for reluctant readers : consuming gang memoirs -- Conclusions: still running -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462437303321 |
Metcalf Josephine <1975->
|
||
| Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2012 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
The culture and politics of contemporary street gang memoirs [[electronic resource] /] / Josephine Metcalf
| The culture and politics of contemporary street gang memoirs [[electronic resource] /] / Josephine Metcalf |
| Autore | Metcalf Josephine <1975-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (263 p.) |
| Disciplina | 364.106/60973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Gangs - United States
Gangs in literature |
| ISBN |
1-280-78190-4
9786613692290 1-61703-282-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgments -- Books making a killing : an introduction -- From rage to rap and prison to print : social, cultural, and commercial contexts of emergence -- Homeboys between hard covers : scholarly approaches to the study of gang memoirs -- Killer books: the representations and politics of violence in gang memoirs -- Brothers who could kill with words : language, literacy, and the quest for education in gang memoirs -- Murderer, monster, novelist, or Nobel nominee? : press reception and media constructions -- Quick reads for reluctant readers : consuming gang memoirs -- Conclusions: still running -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790491903321 |
Metcalf Josephine <1975->
|
||
| Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2012 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||